innoFSPEC Potsdam is presently being established as in interdisciplinary innovation center for fiber-optical
spectroscopy and sensing, hosted by Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam and the Physical Chemistry group of Potsdam
University, Germany. The center focuses on fundamental research in the two fields of fiber-coupled multi-channel
spectroscopy and optical fiber-based sensing. Thanks to its interdisciplinary approach, the complementary methodologies
of astrophysics on the one hand, and physical chemistry on the other hand, are expected to spawn synergies that
otherwise would not normally become available in more standard research programmes. innoFSPEC targets future
innovations for next generation astrophysical instrumentation, environmental analysis, manufacturing control and
process monitoring, medical diagnostics, non-invasive imaging spectroscopy, biopsy, genomics/proteomics, high-throughput
screening, and related applications.